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lLESTER E.v HIcKox, or iM -Eornuvrosaune, PENNSYLVANIA.

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No. 814,845. i

Specification of Letters Patent. Application ined Jun 7,1905. serial N6. 264,094. i

Patented' March 13, 1906.

To all whom it may concern,.- v

Be it known that I,YLEsTER E. Hroxox, a 1 citizen of the United States, residing at Mechanicsburg, in the county of Cumberland 5v and State of Pennsylvania, have invented rovernents in Vehicleollowing is a speciiicanew and useful Im Gear, of which the the parts may easily and quickly be assembled and taken apart and at the same time effect a very secure and rigid union ofthe A further object is the reduction of the first cost of the gear and the expense attending re airs. c

Wit these main ends in viewthe inventionconsists in certain novelties of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claim. l

The yaccompanying drawings illustrate the best Inode of the hys'ical embodiments of my invention whicl'I have so `far devised.

.Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of an axle, axle-bed, iith-wheel plate, head-block plate, head-block, and the clip-bolts which unite the ifthwheel plate Vto the axle and axle-bed. Fig. 2 is a cross-section` of Fig. 1,

`taken on the line of the king-bolt. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of theiifth-wheel plate and circle. Fig. 4 shows the axle-yoke. Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the head-block plate and a portion of the continuous reach-iron.

Referring to the several figures, the letter A designates the axle; B, the axle-bed C, the axle-yoke; D, holes in the yoke to receive the lower threaded ends of the cli -bolts E, the hole for the king-bolt; F, tlie iifth -Wheel plate; G, the fifth wheel circle; II, the

y. threaded holes in the plate; I, the hole for the king-bolt;J, the recess to receivethe boss on the head-block plate; K, the clip-bolts each having a 'lat central portion and threaded j ends; L, yokes with holes; M, the head-block plate; N, holes for screws or bolts; O, the hole 5o tor the/king-bolt; P, a boss which is seated axle-bed and axle are `within the recess J of the 'iifth-wheel plate thehead-block; R, the reach iron or strap integral with the head-block plate; S, the

brace; T, the brace-head; U, a recessat the end of the brace to receive the fth-wheel circle; V, bolts passed through the end of the brace, reach iron or strap, and the reach; W, "the, king-bolt,

and X the reach.

At the iront edge ofthe iith-wheel plate are projecting lugs with threaded holes therethrough for the reception of the up er threaded ends of the clip-bolts. The clipbolts employed -atthe vrear of the axle and axle-bed and which engage the yokes L L and the rear'holes D D in the axle-yoke C are identical in construction with those shownv in Fig. 1, as is evident. The lower ends of two of'these bolts are shown in Fig. 1, where they` are designated by K K. v

In assembling the parts thel clip-bolts are screwed into the threaded holes H and when fully seated have their plain sides facing each other. Should. the upper ends of bolts K project above the-top surface of plate F, they must be lfiled oii, so as to prevent any obstruction to the movement of the fifth-wheel plate relative to the head-block plate. The next placed between the two rows of clip bolts, and nally the yokes L L and C are adjusted over the bolt ends and 'the nuts applied. By this irnproved method of' securing the fifth-wheel plate,faxle-bed,l and axle together the first cost is less than by the old method of using .clips and far superior to the use of headed bolts, as the latter forma loose connection with the plate, whereas by the use ofthe threaded upper end of the clip-bolt and the threaded seat a very secure and rigid connection is secured. v

It is obvious that repairs will be greatly facilitated, as a broken clip-bolt can easily be removed and a new one substituted.

In the ractical application of my improvements sight changes may be introduced without constitutingsubstantial departures.

The combination in a vehicle-gear, of an integral iifth wheelplate and circle, said plate and circle being provided with two parallel roWs of threaded holes extending entirely therethrough; perforated axle-yokes;

an axle and axle-bed; and Clip-bolts threaded at each end, the upper ends sorewed into the threaded holes in the plate and circle7 and the lower ends passed through the perforations in the yokes and secured by nuts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1n presence of two Witnesses.

LESTER E. HioKoK.

Witnesses:

JoHN L. ROBINSON, ALPHEUS N. LANTZ. 

